The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is searching for a Data Analyst to serve as Assistant Director of IT Data Managment, according to a job posting on USAJobs.gov.
GAO, commonly referred to as the investigative arm of Congress, or the congressional watchdog, is independent and nonpartisan. GAO assists Congress in making informed decisions by providing information on policy and program issues, as well as by providing recommendations to make government more effective and responsive.
The Assistant Director will provide leadership and consultative services on complex engagements and issues related to data analysis. This opportunity is ONLY OPEN to qualified full-time or part-time GAO employees on permanent appointments. This procedure will be conducted under the processes outlined in GAO Order 2335.8.
According to the posting, duties for the Assistant Director of IT Data Managment include:
- Advises and/or assists teams in selecting and implementing appropriate data analysis methodologies for engagements in accordance with GAO standards, e.g., Engagement Assistance Guide for Leading Engagements (EAGLE), Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), and professional data analysis standards.
- Leads the analysis and definition of data requirements and specifications by assisting teams in developing an analysis plan, which is linked to the engagement’s researchable questions and describes key assumptions, data elements to be analyzed, selection criteria used, and potential analysis to be presented in the product.
- Represents the team and agency as a subject matter expert on complex data analysis issues for engagements.
- Takes the lead role in programming complex code in SAS, Stata, or R and other software packages including but not limited to SAS Enterprise Guide, SPSS, MapInfo, SQL, Vision Results/DYL, Sudaan, Access, Oracle, Visual Basic, Python–to perform primary data analysis on a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux and mainframe environments.
- Designs, normalizes, develops, implements and maintains custom databases (e.g. SAS, Stata data sets, R data frames, and Access databases) of varying complexity to compile data for analysis.
- Analyzes relational database structures and system documentation received from federal agencies to assist in making appropriate data requests.
- Designs, develops, and maintains data management systems and audit databases.
- Develops data architecture for the implementation of statistical data modeling.
- Ensures database performance and recommends improvements to increase efficiency.
